Pumpkin Soup

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
20 mins
TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Hokkaido pumpkin (about 800 g)
  • 7-10 Tbsp 2-3 carrots (approx. 250 g)
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 200 g dried soft apricots
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 3 TSP Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 3 Stem(s) Mint
  • 1 red chilli pepper
  • 3-4 Tsp Harissa (verre)
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Turmeric

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 180 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Wash the pumpkin, cut in half and scrape out the seeds with a tablespoon. Cut the pumpkin and its skin first into slices, then into pieces of about 2 cm.

  2. 2

    Cut off the ends of the carrots. Peel and chop the carrots. Peel onion and garlic. Cut onion roughly into pieces. Halve the garlic. Mix the vegetables with 150 g soft apricots in a roaster.

  3. 3

    Season with salt, pepper and 1-2 tsp. sugar. Cook in the hot oven for about 30 minutes. Mix 1 l hot water with broth. Pour stock to the pumpkin mix and cook for about 1 hour.

  4. 4

    For the apricot topping, finely dice 50 g apricots. Wash mint, shake dry, pluck leaves and cut into fine strips. Clean and wash the chillies, cut them in half lengthwise, remove the seeds and chop very finely.

  5. 5

    Mix everything, set aside.

  6. 6

    Remove the roaster from the oven. Finely puree the oven vegetables with a hand blender. If necessary add approx. 200 ml of hot water. Season to taste with 2-3 teaspoons harissa, turmeric, salt, pepper and sugar. Stir 1 teaspoon Harissa with 3 tbsp. water until smooth.

  7. 7

    Arrange the soup in plates. Drizzle with mixed harissa and sprinkle with apricot mix.